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JD Vance is struggling to hold on to Republicans’ Senate seat in close Ohio race

JD Vance’s deadlocked race against Democrat Tim Ryan for a U.S. Senate seat in Republican-leaning Ohio exemplifies the struggles besetting the GOP seven weeks before the midterm elections, where the party’s once-strong chances of taking the chamber have ebbed.

Tribune News Service · Sep 24, 2022

Focusing on crime, Republicans think they’ve finally put John Fetterman on the defensive

PHILADELPHIA — At a rally earlier this month, former President Donald Trump seemed to relish describing the grisly details of murders in Philadelphia. The city has “become a killing field,” he told thousands of supporters.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Sep 15, 2022

Trump megadonor Adelson's Republican spending spree is ending

Republicans aren’t seeing as many big checks from one of their most generous benefactors, creating a financial hole for the GOP just as Democrats get a fundraising windfall tied to abortion.

Tribune News Service · Sep 2, 2022

Pa. Senate race between Fetterman and Oz may break advertising spending records

PITTSBURGH — Insiders expect the U.S. Senate race between Mehmet Oz and John Fetterman to be one of the most expensive of all time in Pennsylvania — perhaps even surpassing the spending in 2016 when Republican Pat Toomey defended his seat — and the main battleground may be the airwaves.

Tribune News Service · Jul 3, 2022

VIEWPOINT 2: It’s time to disclose federal contractors’ political contributions

This month marks the 50th anniversary of the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate complex that eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.

Tribune News Service · Jun 9, 2022